Railway-rail joint.



C. DEPEW.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT. APBLIUATIONFILEQSBPT. 1, 1911.

-' Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

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RAILWAY BAIL JOINT.

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CALVIN DEPEW, 0F MLWAUKEE, WlSGONSIN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 JESSE G.WGODBURY, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-ML FOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

APatented Dec. 26, 1911.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CALVIN Dnrnw, citizen of the rUnited States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain of the sections of the rail may besecurelyclamped together and held in perfect aline- Inent and firmlysupported` against the strain and pressure to whlch the ends of the railare subjected by the passage of trains over the rail. f

' Another object is fto provide a railV joint of this character havingmeans whereby the same is secured in position on the rails without thenecessity of spiking the joint to the tie, said lfastening means beingadapted to be readily released to permit the joint to be shifted for thepurpose of removing any of the rail sections without disturbing theadjoining sections.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed. 4

In the accompanying drawings: Figure lA is a side view of the meetingends of two rail sections showing the application of the invention; Fig.2 is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on theline 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l;Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the angle bars or fishplates of the joint; Fig. 6 is a similar view of the combined chairandplate clamping member'of the joint; Fig. 7 is a similar view of oneofthe Wedge plates for fastening the joint to the rai, vsaid plate beingshown bottom side up. j

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l denotes the meeting endsof two rail sections and 2 denotes the angle bars or fish plates of myimproved joint. bars or fish plates 2 each comprises a vertical webengaging portion 3 and base flange engaging portion 4, said portionhaving its outer edge bent downwardly and inwardly to form a flange 5lwhich is adapted to project beneath the lower side of the base flangeof the rail as shown. The base engaging portion 4 and the flange 5 ofthe angle bar are cut away midway between the ends of the bar to formarecess 6. The edge of the recess 6 is bent upwardly and curved orrounded to forma rib 7 along vthe upper side of the base engagingportion 4 of the bar as shown. The angle ybars or fish plates 2 whenthus constructed are adapted to be appliedto the opposite sides of themeeting ends of the rail sections in the same manner as the ordinaryform vof ish plates and when thus arranged are clamped into engagementwith the rail ends by means of a combined chair and clamping plate 8said chair comprising a base plate 9 which is adapted to receive andvform a seat for the base flanges of therail ends and which has formedon its edges vupwardly .extending inwardly curved clamping vlangeslOwhich are adapted to it'into the recesses 6 of the base engaging portion4 of the angle bars and engage the ribs 7 formed on the edge of therecesses 6. The chair 8 when thus arranged forms a firm support for themeeting ends The angleof the rail sections and also serves asl a clampor hinge member for the fish plates or angle bars whereby the latterwhen released from'the fastening device hereinafter described may beswung back in the flanges 10 and outofl engagement with the sides of therai-1 sections.

Thevvertical portions 3 of the angle bars or fish plates may if desiredbe provided with bolt holes 'to receive the usual fastening bolts whichare engaged with the bolt holes in the ends of the rail sections or asherein shown one of said angle bars is preferably provided with studs 1lsecured thereto 1n any suitable manner and projecting a short distancebeyond the inner sides of the vertical portion o-f the bars, said studsbeing adapted to engage the bolt holes in the ends of the rail sectionthereby preventing said rail sections from creeping. The studs r11 arevof less diameter than the i The angle bars 2 and chair 8 are heldinoperative engagementvwith the ends of the yrail sections by means ofwedge shaped lfastening plates 12, said. plates being slightly taperedtoward one end and having their lower side ledges beveled. as clearlyshown in Fig. 7' ofthe drawings. The tapered beveled edges of the platesare adapted to be engaged with tapered grooves.

or channels 13 formed by the inwardly projecting iianges 5 of thebaseengaging por-v tions 4 of the angle bars as clearly shown in Fig. 2 .ofthe drawings. The outer ends of the wedge plates 12 are bent back uponthemselves to form offset heads 14 whereb the wedge plates Amay bedriven into and ou of engagement with the channels formed by the flanges5. When the wedge plates 12 are thus driven into engagement with theflanges .5 of the angle bars thel portions 4 of the latter are drawninto tight engagement with the base flanges of the rail sections.

When it is desired to remove any ofthe rail sections the wedge plates 12are driven back out of engagement with the flanges 5 and base of therail sections after which the angle bars may be swun back in the flangesor hinge members 10 o the chair thus disengaging the studs 11 from thebolt holesv By constructing the angle bars and chair -as herein shownand described it will be readily seen that the joinin ends of the railswill be firmly supporte .bythe chair andthus held in horizontalalinement while the angle bars or fish lates will securely hold the endsof the rails in vertical aline2 ment thus providing a smooth even -jointfor the meeting ends of the rails which will dispense with the noise.occasioned by the wheels of the rolling stock passing over the jointsand will eii'ectually prevent the wear on the wheels which is occasionedby the passage of the same over uneven joints ofthe rail sections. y

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,l the construction and operation of the inventionwill bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificingv any 'of thev advantages of the invention as claimed'.l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: f

1. In a -railway rail joint, a pair of angle bars, said bars comprisingvertical web engaging portions and base flange en--` vgaging portions',said base iiange engaging portions having their outer edgesbent in-Wardly to form ianges, a combined chair and clamping member comprising abase plate, clampingianges formed on the side i edges of said plate andadapted to engage the base 4engaging portions of the angle bars wherebythe latter are Vheld inoperative engagement with the ends of therailsections and Wedging members adapted to bedriven into engagement withthe flanges onl the base engagin portion of the angle bars whereby theIa tive engagement with the ends of the rail sections in the chair. r ii 2. In a railway rail joint, a pair of angle bars, said bars comprisingvertical web entter are drawn into operaj gagingportions, angular base.lang'e engaging portions, said 'portions having cen? trally disposed.recesses formed' in their outer edges, inwardly projecting fiangesformed on and spaced a suitable distancel `from the Aedges of the baseengaging portions vof the angle bars, said flanges and the adjacent`portions of the base of the rail sections forming tapered grooves orchannels, a combined chair and clampingineinber` adapted to be engagedwith the re-v cessedvportions of said angle bars andthe lower side ofthe raill ends and tapered ywedge plates adapted to'be driven into saidvouter edges inwardlyl projecting ianges 4formed on and spaced asuitable distance from' the edgesof the base engaging portions of theangle bars,'said iianges and the adjacent portions of the base of therail sections forming tapered grooves or channels, upwardly projectingribs formed on the edges of the recesses in the sides of the rail, acombined chair and clampin member comprising a base plate adapte toengage the lower sides of the ends of the rail sections, overhangingflanges formed on the side edges of said plate and adapted to engagetherec'esses Ain the angle bars and the ribs formed on the edges of saidrecesses, and wedge Ishaped fastening plates adapted Witnesses.

CALVIN DEPEW.

to be driven nto the tapered grooves in .the flanges of the angle bars,saidV Wedge shaped plates having their tapered edges beveled, and headsformed on thev outer ends of said 5 wedge plates whereby the latter aredriven into and out of operative engagement with the flanges of theangle bar.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH A. HAHN, FRANK F. SGHULTZ.I

